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Thanks! Looking forward to learn loads of stuff here! I'm new to the beautiful world of high fidelity.
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the supplied cord--not OZ/NZ certified. I use the NBS Statement II's( factory Oz 3 pin terminated)seem fine to me. It's Ok at the moment as I am considering upgrading-- nice touch to sell maybe with unused PC? Des |
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Three questions on the CS300:
- What's the "tape monitor" switch? - What kind of inputs? RCA? - I have no experience with speakers but like the idea of buying this for headphones and keep the option to had speakers later. Can I had any good bookshelf speakers or should I care about technical specs to make a good match with the Leben? I just plug the speakers directly into the Leben without additional amp... right? Thanks. |
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Hi Portugal,
The CS300 has only RCA inputs The CS300 is 12W per channel so have to match speakers with adequate sensitivity for best results. I find the ProAc D1's work well. Regards, Joe Ling
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Source 1 - Bergmann Sleipner + Benz Micro LP-S + ARC ref phono 10 (should have done this ages ago) Source 2 - Avid Acutus SP reference + Thales Reference tone arm + Benz Micro LPS (DS Audio Master 1 broken tip repaired but cost me USD2k. Still having issues - channel imbalance - back to dealer. However, channel issues not withstanding, sounded very very nice. Need to get it back soonest) Source 3 - DCS Vivaldi + Antelope reference clock or Cybershaft Op18 (not floating my boat so far) Source 5 - ROON ROCK with Aurender W20 as NAS & 2 units of SOTM switch with 10M input (the new frontier but still cannot beat CD for now) - ROON endpoint - Vivaldi upsampler Amplification - Naim Statement Speakers - ProAc Carbon 8 + JL FM113 x2 (replacement purchased - Stella Utopia EVO but due to lockdown, could be a year's wait) Purepower 2000 x 2 (&$@#% but sounds nice) Shunyata Denali X 2 |
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Pedro, you look fot the dB spec. From what i gather you need at least 91/92 dB sensitivity. Check out Tannoy or Audio Note
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The Devore Nines work pretty well, if the room is not too large.
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The Leben CS300XS was my first proper 2 channel integrated amplifier which I used to drive my Monitor Audio speakers (originally used for AV only). The versatility with tubes really amazed me, and I had bought tubes which eventually surpassed the price of the Leben. A very good amp for a not too big environment. I have switched to McIntosh and Dynaudio C4 since I moved to a bigger place.
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